Looks like the planets finally aligned!!
ABEM posted the following message on its website today and requests that you alert your members that the information is available at www.abem.org, home page, Whats New and Important.
· ABIM and ABEM Reach Agreement on ABEM Co-Sponsorship of IM CCM
We are pleased to announce that we have achieved an agreement with the American Board of Internal Medicine to become a co-sponsor in IM Critical Care Medicine. This means that our residents will have access to training in two-year critical care Internal Medicine sponsored fellowship programs upon completion of their Emergency Medicine residencies. Following successful completion of the fellowship, they will be able to become certified in Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine.
At this time, the only route to Critical Care Medicine certification for Emergency Medicine physicians is through Internal Medicine based fellowships. Both the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Surgery have indicated that they are not interested in pursuing a similar agreement. We continue to hope that in the future this may change and will continue to work with both boards as opportunities arise.
Patience, persistence, and publications finally paid off.
KG
ABEM posted the following message on its website today and requests that you alert your members that the information is available at www.abem.org, home page, Whats New and Important.
· ABIM and ABEM Reach Agreement on ABEM Co-Sponsorship of IM CCM
We are pleased to announce that we have achieved an agreement with the American Board of Internal Medicine to become a co-sponsor in IM Critical Care Medicine. This means that our residents will have access to training in two-year critical care Internal Medicine sponsored fellowship programs upon completion of their Emergency Medicine residencies. Following successful completion of the fellowship, they will be able to become certified in Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine.
At this time, the only route to Critical Care Medicine certification for Emergency Medicine physicians is through Internal Medicine based fellowships. Both the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Surgery have indicated that they are not interested in pursuing a similar agreement. We continue to hope that in the future this may change and will continue to work with both boards as opportunities arise.
Patience, persistence, and publications finally paid off.
KG
